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The Prophet Married Sawdah
Sawdah
Bint Zam`ah Ibn Qays was a noble Qurayshiete woman. She was the
first woman to whom the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him,
got married after the death of Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with
her. She was a noble, respectful woman. She was married first to
As-Sakran Ibn `Amr, brother of Suhayl Ibn `Amr Al-`Amiri. When they
came back from Abyssinia, her husband died and then the Prophet,
peace and blessing be upon him, proposed to her.
The
Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, got married to her in
Ramadan, 10 years after his mission. He migrated with her from
Makkah to Madinah where she died in Shawwal, 54 A.H. Some scholars
say that she died during the Caliphate of `Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, may
Allah be pleased with them all.
It
is worth stressing here that she was the one who when attained old
age, donated her own night with the Prophet, peace and blessing be
upon him, to `A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with them all, as a
sign of love and kindness.
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